New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-31
Suffering At CONET ISLAND.
SEVERAL THOUSAND VENTURE DOWN, But LIFE
WAS NoT A SUMMER DREAM THERE.

SEVERAL THOUSAND VENTURE DOWN, bUI LIFE
WAS NoT SUMMER DREAM THERE.
A fresh of-shorc breeze sprang MP at Coney Island
Yesterday after the early morning fog had cleared away
and blew rather percngly across the unshecrcd
beaches until nghtfall The 10000 or $4,000 people
who went down by the boats and trains had on the
whole a chilly time OF 1T. Tho wind was brisk enough
In fact. 10 blow inch or two or foam on tho average
Brighton glass of beer and the liquid point had to
bc moved mp consequence. though the restaurant pro-
prctors loss in this could hardly he called the fes
five sghtsecrs' gain II was cold enough most Of the
lime for stronger sthnuants than beer. and for the
doublepriced 100 per cent profit cewater drinks Ike
seltzer ginger ale and emonades there was simply no
demand a: all.
West Brighton WAS making holiday OF it as far as
circumstances would allow and Sunday rates for riding
nj n the elevator around on the hobby horses were
I'm force The moral conccrt-halls with piano and six
feet stage attachments were IN full blast In half a
dozen of these the ideal shows tho Island ndorsed
by all the Brighton AS the managers
said-six fat pounded "brcf overtnres on Dig
pianos and various artists all NewYor profes ionals
gave the usual highly diverins songs dances @ ana mn mn,
sre msfs The beer tasted as II II had bee kept over
Sc, combcrs Still the applause was Dri5K anu the peer
drinkers seemed TO be having good deai Oh
in simple oldashioned way me @ merry M cdoars h
and the oboggan slides were open lor an uSgIs p s
the steam calllopes ground out rather ohu I'M KIM oi
and promenaders In the big majority, Inerc were
shaws, and suspicousy unf9ried nores re- rs nvns arv
the beach and one was 80 iooiudIhg 40 ~ Il"
niuneo i'm te surf Surfbathing mt West Brighton,
Il fast becoming bad form John y. Mcknne ana MS
snborIinates busy rolling tho station nhomse rev
feet further inland aud back from the street he season
has not got far enough under way npparchy ior tnc
appearance OF the fuszed police force
The Hotel Brighton lunch room ana par were open anu
most of the people who got down that far dropped IN or
n little rcfreshment There no music, however III
the and the tinype photographers ana otops
were sadly missing. The Marine Isaway was .out VI
working order and the Manhattan Beach Hotel was APP
parently closed. So the Oriental The orlehthl
will not open until well on in june inc season ~ .ho
Manhattan will begin the day before the rst race at Tue
sheepshead Bay course The Brighton VIII Dc open on
Sundays from this time on. The regular seasoh - 'o
with all these Coney Island hotels -.
The Steamboat Companys fresnly painmteu pou.g
ran all day hourly from Pier No North River, ana
from the foot OF West Twenty third.st Tne stream
of passengers them constant, thougn heIe was
no speciai crowdng Good time made, 1fty minutes
for the trip each way The Sea Beach boats ran also om
the Battery TO Bay Ridge aud trains from there made
halfhourly connections for West Brighton ana Brighto
An excursion to Newburg on the steamer - Nippniu
took n big crowd OF NEWCOMERS up the Huds0n Inc
Jersey Centrals excursions to Mauoh Chunk were also
well patronized.